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The term bombshell is a forerunner to the term "sex symbol" used to describe popular women regarded as very attractive.[1][2] The Online Etymology Dictionary by Douglas Harper attests the usage of the term in this meaning since 1942. Bombshell has a longer history in its other, more general figurative meaning of a "shattering or devastating thing or event" since 1860.[3]
The epithet rose sharply in popularity after the death of Marilyn Monroe in 1962, and declined in popularity in the late 1960s due to emerging ideological conflicts.[14]
^Bombshell: The Life and Death of Jean Harlow by David Stenn, page 151, 162
^The Guide to United States Popular Culture, 2001, ISBN 0-87972-821-3, p. 922
^Grant David McCracken."Marilyn Monroe, the Inventor of Blondeness", Culture And Consumption II: Markets, Meaning, And Brand Management, page 93, Indiana University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-253-34566-0
^Richard Havers, Richard Evans, Marilyn, 2010, ISBN 1-84912-026-9, p. 16.
^ abKatie King and Debra Walker King, Body Politics and the Fictional Double, page 157, Indiana University Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-253-10832-6